The Punk Patriot: What if Trump Wins? + Transcript

A Vote For Hillary Is a Vote For War

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Punk Patriot on Sep 27, 2016

Marc Lamont Hill: “We can afford to lose an election: we can’t afford to lose our values.”
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Ralph Nader Interviews Jill Stein: We Need To Cut The Military Budget By 50% + Transcript

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke Sept. 21 at Penn State.

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williambrighenticpa on Sep 18, 2016

Ralph Nader interviewed Jill Stein on September 17, 2016. Ralph and Jill discuss the corporate ownership of the media and the duopoly of the Democratic and Republican parties, preventing public disclosure of third-party candidates and their proposals for a better America.

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Ralph Nader on Two-Party Tyranny, Trump Cheating, Bernie Sanders, and Corporations Kill

Ralph Nader after the speech - Green Lecture

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Democracy Now! on Sep 19, 2016

http://democracynow.org – It’s official: When the first presidential debate takes place next Monday, a week from today, it will exclude third-party candidates from the debate stage. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that both Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party and Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party failed to qualify by polling at 15 percent or higher. This comes as polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are among the least popular major-party candidates to ever run for the White House. We get reaction from four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who has previously been excluded from debates. He has a new book titled “Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think.”

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Arrest Warrant Issued For Jill Stein + Who Is Funding the Dakota Access Pipeline? + Dept. of Justice Halts Construction + Arrest Warrant Issued For Amy Goodman

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Updated: Sept. 12, 2016

Arrest warrant issued for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein

RT on Sep 8, 2016

When Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein joined in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, she may have gone too far. Stein is accused of criminal trespass and criminal mischief, along with her vice presidential pick Ajamu Baraka.

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Chris Hedges: Fascism, Neoliberalism and Third Parties in the US

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with Chris Hedges

Watching the Hawks RT on Sep 8, 2016

Chris Hedges joins us to discuss neoliberal and 3rd party politics in the 2016 Presidential Campaign.

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The Presidency: Character Matters by William John Cox

The Trump & Clinton Show

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by William John Cox
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williamjohncox.com
September 8, 2016

From its creation, the citizens of the United States have had a special relationship with the person they choose to lead their republic. Given extraordinary powers by the Constitution, the President is expected to not only be a wise and effective administrator, but to possess the moral compass established by George Washington, the Nation’s first president.

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Jill Stein: American People are in Revolt, Rejecting the Two Dominant Parties

Republican, Democrat...same difference

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with Jill Stein

RT America on Aug 23, 2016

Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein joins RT America’s Lindsay France in the FishTank for an in-depth discussion on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, the pay-to-play atmosphere in Washington, and why Americans are fed up with the two major parties. Dr. Stein tells France that the “American people are being thrown under bus by political parties.”

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Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka: CNN Town Hall

Jill Stein with supporters

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America today news on Aug 17, 2016

CNN hosts Green Party town hall on Wednesday night with the Green Party’s nominee Jill Stein and presumptive running mate Ajamu Baraka.

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The Green Party Convention Speeches: Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, Cornel West and Julian Assange

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Jill Stein FULL SPEECH At the Green Party Convention

TYT Politics on Aug 6, 2016

Dr. Jill Stein’s full acceptance speech from the Green Party Convention in Houston, Texas on August 6, 2016. Dr. Stein accepted the Green Party’s nomination for president, as well as addressed issues such as the prosecution of whistleblowers, campaign finance reform, student loan debt, and more.

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Can Jill Carry Bernie’s Baton? A Look at the Green Candidate’s Radical Funding Solution by Ellen Brown

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by Ellen Brown
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The Web of Debt Blog
August 2, 2016

Bernie Sanders supporters are flocking to Jill Stein, the presumptive Green Party presidential candidate, with donations to her campaign exploding nearly 1000% after he endorsed Hillary Clinton. Stein salutes Sanders for the progressive populist movement he began and says it is up to her to carry the baton. Can she do it? Critics say her radical policies will not hold up to scrutiny. But supporters say they are just the medicine the economy needs.

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Chris Hedges and Jill Stein: Clinton Will Only Fan the Flames of Right-Wing Extremism

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Updated: July 31, 2016

with Chris Hedges

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Originally from RT America on Jul 30, 2016

Now that the two major political parties have officially selected their nominees for president, Chris Hedges sits down with Green Party candidate for president, Dr. Jill Stein, to discuss an alternative way forward. Bernie Sanders might be out of the race, but Stein says the Green Party is leading the revolutionary charge. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at third parties that have renewed the political vibrancy of American society.

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Chris Hedges: Sanders Gave Up His Historical Moment (no longer available) + No More War Protesters Disrupt Panetta’s Speech + Jill Stein at Socialist Convergence (no longer available)

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Sanders will not have ‘outsized influence’ in Clinton administration – FishTank

with Chris Hedges

RT America on Jul 27, 2016

What is the Republican take on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) thus far? RT America’s Lindsay France is at the DNC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and speaks to Republican strategist Adam Goodman, who observes “there is no real unity yet” among Democrats at the convention. Then, Chris Hedges, host of On Contact, joins FishTank and argues that, despite Bernie Sanders endorsement of Hillary Clinton, he would have not have an “outsized influence” in a potential Clinton presidential administration.

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Rev. Chris Hedges: We Do Not Live In A Functioning Democracy + Jill Stein’s Speech (no longer available)

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Reverend Chris Hedges speaks about our corrupt system

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Political RevolutionTV on Jul 2, 2016

Chris Hedges is an American journalist, activist, author, and Presbyterian minister.

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Rev. Chris Hedges: Take Down This Discredited System! + Bernie Booed (no longer available) + Thousands Protesting at DNC (no longer available)

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with Chris Hedges and Cornel West

American Babylon on Jul 25, 2016

Dr. Cornel West with American Babylon – Dr. West reveals why he is not voting for Bernie Sanders. We also speak with Pulitzer Prize winning writer and activist Chris Hedges about why he is done with the Bernie bus and what needs to happen next. This was shot a couple of hours ago in Philadelphia at the Democratic Party Convention in Philadelphia. Forgive the spelling and editing and other errors, this was done on the fly…

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Cornel West: Hillary Clinton is a Militarist and a Neoliberal Disaster

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Cornel West: Justice and Accountability Necessary to End Tension over Killings by Police

Democracy Now! on Jul 18, 2016

http://democracynow.org – We discuss the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge and the recent nationwide protests against police brutality with Cornel West. Cornel West is a professor at Union Theological Seminary. “When I hear the authorities call for peace,” West says, “I say, yes, but it’s not the absence of tension. It’s got to be the presence of that justice and accountability.”

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